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Civil Engineering A.S. to B.S. Transfer Pathway 2025-2026

Design for the Built Environment with a Career in Civil Engineering

Start at the College of Southern Idaho and finish your degree at Boise State University.

A Successful Career Within Reach

Save money for two years at CSI and then complete your remaining semesters at Boise State. A Civil Engineering degree offers many different engineering career paths: Construction, Environmental,
Geotechnical, Hydrological, Land Development, or Structural and Transportation.

What is Civil Engineering?

Civil engineers design, construct, and maintain the built environment and ensure infrastructure is safe, sustainable, and efficient.

Explore this page to learn more about the transfer pathway for Civil Engineering from the College of Southern Idaho or download the printable flyer.

 

 

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Why Civil Engineering?

With a Civil Engineering Degree from Boise State, you will:

Learn how to:

  • Solve complex problems
  • Produce informed solutions that consider health, safety, and social factors
  • Design within parameter
  • Communicate effectively
  • Collaborate on a team
  • Conduct experiments and analyze data

To Create and Protect Infrastructure like:

  • Buildings and other structures
  • Roads, bridges, airports
  • Potable water and sewage systems
  • Rivers, streams, and air environments
  • Neighborhoods

Largest Civil Engineering Graduating Class in Idaho

17.3%

Projected growth for civil engineering jobs in Idaho through 2023

$95,890

Estimated salary for civil engineer graduates

$500,000

And more awarded to students in the College of Engineering annually

About these Stats

  1. 2023 Idaho Department of Labor projected growth for Civil Engineering jobs in Idaho
  2. Median annual wages have been calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for a year-round, full-time hours figure of 2,080 hours; occupations without an hourly wage published have been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
  3. Eligible students must enroll full-time at BSU, CSI, or CWI, earn a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher, and be eligible for Federal Financial Aid or the Pell Grant
Spring 2025 Design Showcase

Flexible and Supportive Learning at Boise State

  • Access to paid internships at engineering firms
  • Close connections with award-winning student organizations and professional societies
  • Hands on involvement in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Courses guided by faculty who are practicing engineers
  • 30% of students participate in the opportunity to kick start a master’s degree during their senior year

 

College of Southern Idaho Transfer to Boise State University

Classes and Credits at College of Southern Idaho

The following tables contains the semester breakdowns of courses that count towards the CSI Associate of Engineering and the Boise State Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering. Class numbers, names, and credits are displayed.

Year One at CSI

In your first year at CSI you’ll complete 30 credits with 15 in the fall and 14 in the spring. Review the following table for details.

Semester CSI Course Credits Boise State Requirement Credits
Fall ENGI 120: Intro to Engineering 2 CE-EC 100: Civil Engineering Engagement 1
Fall MATH 170: Calculus I 5 MATH 170: Calculus I 4
Fall ENGL 101: Writing & Rhetoric I 3 ENGL 101: Writing and Rhetoric I 3
Fall CHEM 111: Gen Chem I 4 CHEM 111: General Chemistry I 3
Fall CHEM 111L: Gen Chem I Lab 1 CHEM 111L: General Chemistry I Lab 1
Spring ENGL 102: Writing & Rhetoric II 3 ENGL 102: Writing and Rhetoric II 3
Spring ENGI 105: CAD Engineering
Graphics
2 NA for CE degree
Spring MATH 175: Calculus II 4 MATH 175: Calculus II 4
Spring PHYS 211: Physics Sci & Eng I 4 PHYS 211: Physics I with Calculus 4
Spring PHYS 211L: Physics Sci & Eng I Lab 1 PHYS 211L: Physics I with Calculus Lab 1

Year Two at CSI

In your second year at CSI you’ll complete 34 credits with 17 in the fall and 17 in the spring. Review the following table for details.

Semester CSI Course Credits Boise State Requirement Credits
Fall Science Elective – BIOL 201 Biology I or
GEOL 101 Physical Geology
4 Science Elective: BIOL 191 Biology I or GEOL 101 4
Fall COMM 101: Fundamentals of Oral
Communication
3 COMM 101 (FC): Fundamentals of communication 3
Fall PHIL 103: Intro to Ethics 3 PHIL 103: Intro to Ethics (FS Foundations of Humanities 3
Fall Elective ENGI 210: Mechanics Statics 3 ENGR 210: Engineering Mechanics I 3
Fall Elective MATH 275: Calculus III 4 MATH 275: Multivariable and Vector Calculus 4
Spring Elective ENGI 295: Strength of
Materials
3 CE 350: Mechanics of Materials 3
Spring ECON 202: Principles of Microeconomics 3 ECON 201: Macroeconomics (FS) Foundations of Social Science 3
Spring MATH 230: Intro to Lin Algebra 3 MATH 301: Intro to Linear Algebra 4
Spring MATH 310: Ordinary Diffeq 3 MATH 333: Differential Equations W/Matrix Theory 4
Spring Elective – CHEM 112/112L: General
Chemistry 2
5 CE 220: Coupled Envoronmential Processes 2

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    Mornida Chum

    Transfer Coordinator

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